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Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act

Floor Speech

Date: Jan. 12, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, let me just thank the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands for yielding.

Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the reauthorization of the Haiti-specific U.S. trade preference programs. Haiti, of course, is suffering from grave instability and security risks.

As we know, the ransom that Haiti paid to colonial France for its freedom continues to be at the cornerstone of its instability. I am telling you, Madam Speaker, that the least and the minimum that the United States can do to help stabilize the incredibly precarious situation in a land a stone's throw away from our shores, is to reauthorize these programs.

President Trump has lifted up the need to fortify economic and security interests in our hemisphere, and I can think of no better way to buoy these interests than support the bipartisan HOPE/HEALTH programs.

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Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. These programs are not without need of reform. However, reauthorization is crucial to the economic growth and stability and to protect our economic security and interests in our hemisphere.

Mr. Speaker, I urge support of this legislation.

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